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4To all whom it mwy concern:

'utmtffiim Mesa-w ALMON IN. ALLENQOF PITTsFIELD,``MAssAcHUsETTs- Leners Patmvlvq. 86,964, ma Forum 16,1869.

snm-HEATER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and part ol'fthe ne a known that I, Amos N. ALLEN, of Pittsfield,

'inthe county of Berkshire, andState 'of Massachusetts,

have invented a new and improved Attachment for Steam-Heaters; and I do hereby declare that the fol-. 'Y lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usevthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which the figure is -a detail sectional view of'my improved device.

My inventionhas for v'its object to .furnish an improved means'for moistening the air of rooms heated by steam, so as to removethe dryness of the air of said rooms, and make them vmore comfortable andzhealthful, and at the same time prevent the shrinkage of the wood-workof the room; and' v AIt consists in introducing steam from the steampipes or heaters into the room, and in the device by. which this is accomplished, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a short pipe, one end of which is screwed into l' the steam-pipe or-.radiator, and which is provided,with

an ordinary stop-cock, B, so that the-.passage of steam thronghythe 'pipe A may beregulated or wholly interrnpted, at will.

Upon tle upper end of the pipe A is formed, or t'o it is attached, a cup, C, the size andform of which are immaterial, and which may be made to correspond with the ornamentation of the heater or room. i

The cup O is provided with a perforated plate pr lining, D, in its lower part/or bottom, covering the into its mouth, and which'is perforated with'mgnerons lsmall holes.

The interior of `the cup C is stned or packed with, hair, cotton, felt, or other similar material, which may bepacked closely,and which, will interrupt, check, ,or

minntely divide the steam, so that it may pass noiselessi).v through the device, the perforated plate Dv also assisting to produce this eect bypartially dividing the steam as it 'enters the cup-' G.l y y Having thus described my invention,

I claimgas new, and ldesire to secure by Letters l 1 ?atent----Y 1. The mechanical device, herein described, by which steam from'the stealnfpipe or radiatorof the heater,

or from the boiler. itself, may be introduced into thel room noiselessly, and in any desired quantity, substantially as. and.'for the'purpose set forth.

' 2.' Thecombinationof the pipe A, stop-cock B, cup4 O, packed. with hair, or 'equivalent material, perforated plate D, and perforated c'apE, with each other, 'when used Ain connection with the pipe or radiator of a steam-l heate'l, substantially asherein shown `and described, and for the purpose set `forth.

The above specicationof my invention signed by me, this 23d day of November, 1868'. x

Witnesses: l ALMON- N. ALLEN.

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, Jmns T, GRAHAM. 

